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لمع

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Arabic

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Etymology 1.1

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Root
ل م ع (l m ʕ)
4 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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لَمَعَ (lamaʕa) I (non-past يَلْمَعُ (yalmaʕu), verbal noun لَمْع (lamʕ) or لَمَعَان (lamaʕān))

  1. (intransitive) to beam, to shine
    اِعْلَمْ اِعْمَلْ وَٱلْمَعْ
    iʕlam iʕmal wal-maʕ
    study (have knowledge), perform [it], and shine!
  2. to beckon, to gesture
    Synonyms: أَشَارَ (ʔašāra), أَوْمَأَ (ʔawmaʔa)
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Etymology 1.2

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Verb

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لَمَّعَ (lammaʕa) II (non-past يُلَمِّعُ (yulammiʕu), verbal noun تَلْمِيع (talmīʕ))

  1. to make shiny or shinier
  2. to colorize colorfully, to make colorful
    Hyponym: لَوَّنَ (lawwana)
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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “لمع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN